ROCHESTER, Minn. – A man was ordered to prison for getting mad, really mad, when he couldn’t find his vaping pipe and went swinging with a machete to find out who took it. Three women were slashed. Omar Abubakar Maani, 25, was sentenced to five years. Maani was arrested in July 2021 for the attack at Cascade Creek Apartments in northwest Rochester. Court documents asserted that he woke up angry and starting yelling and chasing people with a machete. One woman took a long although shallow cut on her back. A second woman had a large leg gash A third had a stab wound to an arm that left her unable to lift.
Maani. All for want of a vape pipe.